news DETROIT LAKES - Residents of Minnesota celebrate Arbor Day 2008 on April 25. While some states chose to celebrate Arbor Day on a different date that coincides better with their growing season, National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April by many states such as Minnesota.
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2013-03-04 21:10:42

DETROIT LAKES - Residents of Minnesota celebrate Arbor Day 2008 on April 25. While some states chose to celebrate Arbor Day on a different date that coincides better with their growing season, National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April by many states such as Minnesota.

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Minnesota has 94 Tree City USA communities. Tree City USA is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, and was established to recognize communities that are committed to its trees.

The first Arbor Day was celebrated in Nebraska on April 10, 1872. The tree-planting holiday was so popular that by 1920, more than 45 states and U.S. territories annually celebrated Arbor Day. Today, Arbor Day is observed in all 50 states and in many countries around the world.

The state tree of Minnesota is the Norway pine, which was adopted in 1953. These trees can live up to 400 years and are used extensively in timber and pulpwood harvests.

The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit conservation organization of nearly one million members, with a mission to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees.